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Jul 25, 1893
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Born at Hastings
County Ontario to Christopher Thomas and Mary Ann Matilda (nee
Baumhauer) Lake
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Jan 4, 1915
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Married to Clara
Florence Whitmarsh at Bancroft Ontario
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Apr 10, 1916
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Attested into the
155th Battalion at Bancroft Ontario
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Number 637039
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Next of kin given
as Clara Lake, wife, of Monk Road, Hastings County, Ontario
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Previous
occupation given as Labourer
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No previous
military experience given
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Religion given as
Methodist
The Battalion
trained at the Barriefield Camp at Kingston Ontario.
He was 1 of 3 brothers to join the 155th
Battalion (the other 2 being John
Nathaniel Lake,
killed May 27, 1918 and Hercules
Ross Lake
who survived the war)
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Sep 9, 1916
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Awarded 7 days CB
(Confined to Barracks) and fined 4 day’s pay for being AWL
(Absent Without Leave)
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Oct 17, 1916
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Embarked the SS
Northland at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Oct 28, 1916
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Disembarked at
Liverpool England and proceeded to the Bramshott Camp
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Nov 1, 1916
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Admitted to the
Military Hospital at Bramshott diagnosed with Influenza
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Nov 10, 1916
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Discharged to duty
from hospital
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Dec 5, 1916
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Transferred to the
21st Battalion
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Dec 6, 1916
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Arrived at the CBD
(Canadian Base Depot) at the Rouelles Camp, Havre France as part of a
draft of 147 Other Ranks from England, and TOS (Taken On Strength) the
21st Battalion
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Dec 7, 1916
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Left the CBD to
join the Battalion
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Dec 8, 1916
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in billets at Bully Grenay carrying out training exercises.
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Apr 9, 1917
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Pte Lake was
killed during the advance on Vimy Ridge.
He was initially buried near the trenches but
in January of 1920 his body was exhumed and reburied in a permanent
cemetery at Aux Reitz
His brother Hercules
Ross Lake
was wounded during the same attack
La
Targette British Cemetery
Aux Reitz, France
Post war, the
following were sent to his widow at Bancroft Ontario
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque (Dead
Man’s Penny) and Scroll
Memorial Cross
A
Memorial Cross
was also sent to his mother, Matilda Lake, also at Bancroft
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May 27, 1918
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His brother John Nathaniel Lake
was killed in action with the 21st Battalion
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Oct 7, 1919
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Pte
Lake’s widow remarried to Edwin Charles Whitefoot at Trenton
Ontario
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